Category: Blog

Baseball adds series win over Ga Southern, midweek win at UNC-A

April 10, 2013 No Comments by Charles

Jamie Nunn continued his consistent pitching with another strong 7 innings as the Mountaineers took game one from Georgia Southern on Friday evening 9-5. Nunn was once again over 100 pitches, and did walk four batters. He found trouble in the third inning, an inning that has become a weak spot for every Appalachian pitcher [...]

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Baseball wins series over Wofford

April 1, 2013 No Comments by Charles

First off, a little housekeeping. I have been away for a couple weeks for a variety of reasons. The basketball season can get long, and I just needed a break after starting a new job in December. The slower start than some expected by the baseball season, coupled with the typically late Boone winter, provided [...]

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Men’s Basketball Season Review

March 23, 2013 1 Comment by Charles

When the Mountaineers learned they would be without the services of starting point guard Mike Neal until the beginning of the spring semester, many critics feared the Mountaineers would fall short of their already low expectations. For the most part, they were correct, as Appalachian started the season very slowly, not really beating anyone until a [...]

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Baseball (9-5) hosts defending Ivy League champ Cornell

March 15, 2013 No Comments by Charles

After splitting a midweek set of games to Georgia, Appalachian returns back home to the friendly turf at Beaver Field after nearly a three week layoff. The Mountaineers have not played at home since February 27th, a win over High Point. The Mountaineers have struggled on the mound recently, as the back half of their [...]

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Men’s and Women’s Basketball Season Reviews

March 15, 2013 No Comments by Charles

Our wrapup of the basketball season will be coming soon. The season for both teams was full of many highs and lows and you will not want to miss these articles, which will include backflashes from the seasons, from non-conference play to the conference tournament, while we also peer into the future of Appalachian basketball [...]

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App. State Men and Women advance at SoCon Tournament

March 10, 2013 No Comments by Charles

Women: Appalachian and Charleston played a really close game until the final few minutes when Appalachian’s pressure finally got to Charleston. Appalachian was in control for much of the game, but could never really extend their lead in the first half. Charleston led by a point on one occasion, but Appalachian quickly regained the lead. For [...]

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Appalachian opens tournament against Furman

March 9, 2013 No Comments by Charles

Furman pulled off the upset of the evening last night if you want to believe most SoCon experts. The fact is, there is not a huge gap between the bottom teams of this conference and the lower middle teams. Samford, who Furman beat on Friday, prefers a slower pace of basketball, which induces a game [...]

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Women’s Basketball to face Charleston

March 9, 2013 No Comments by Charles

Despite an up and down season that has confused and bewildered the team, the Mountaineer women have one more chance to redeem themselves when they tipoff at 2:15 against College of Charleston in the quarterfinals of the SoCon Tournament. Many teams and coaches would love to finish where the Mountaineers did when you consider their [...]

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Furman edges App Baseball in Game 1

March 9, 2013 No Comments by Charles

It was a rough night for the Appalachian battery in what turned out to be a pitchers duel in Greenville as the Paladins won the first game of the series 3-1. The Mountaineers outhit Furman 10-7, but could not get the clutch hit that would send runners across the plate. Appalachian stranded ten runners for [...]

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Baseball visits Furman for first place

March 8, 2013 No Comments by Charles

It is extremely early in the season, only the second conference series for both teams, but Furman has made its presence known early in the season. The Paladins are fresh off of a series win over Elon where the Paladins crushed Elon in their two wins, scoring ten runs in both games. Even more impressive [...]

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